2015 Jazeera Palace Hotel bombing

The 2015 Jazeera Palace Hotel bombing occurred on 26 July 2015 when an al-Shabaab suicide bomber drove a bomb-laden vehicle into the Jazeera Palace Hotel of the Somalian capital of Mogadishu, killing at least 15 people. The hotel was home to the embassies of China, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, and it was the third hotel to be targeted by al-Shabaab that month. The seven stories of the hotel were bombed out as a result of the explosion, and Vice News journalist Suroosh Alvi, who reported from the scene, claimed that it was proof that al-Shabaab was still effective.